"I wanted to make sure... that this time we did it in a more sustainable way."

He added that he hopes to still be alive to see the completion of the Poundbury village project to see how far it's come.

The royal family are no stranger to scathing media stories, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle opening up just a few days before Charles in the ITV documentary Harry and Meghan: An African Journey about how they've been struggling with the negative press.